Sandy, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4267784, place: Sandy CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 336 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (5.06%)
Kindergarten: 22 (6.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 136 (40.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 119 (35.42%)
College or graduate school: 42 (12.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,217 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 35 (2.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 186 (15.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 613 (50.37%)
Some college, no degree: 154 (12.65%)
Associate degree: 72 (5.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 100 (8.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 57 (4.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,465 (100%)
Never married: 351 (23.96%)
Now married, except separated: 898 (61.3%)
Separated: 24 (1.64%)
Total Widowed: 115 (7.85%)
Widowed Female: 100 (6.83%)
Total Divorced: 77 (5.26%)
Divorced Female: 54 (3.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,369 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 192 (14.02%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 354 (100%)
--With a disability: 40 (11.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 862 (100%)
--With a disability: 113 (13.11%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
--No disability: 749 (86.89%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
Population 65 years and over: 322 (100%)
--With a disability: 137 (42.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,642 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,157 (70.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 465 (28.32%)
--Same county: 281 (17.11%)
--Different county: 184 (11.21%)
----Same state: 166 (10.11%)
----Different state: 18 (1.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (1.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,690 (100%)
Native: 1,666 (98.58%)
--Born in United States: 1,661 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,545 (91.42%)
----Different state: 116 (6.86%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 24 (1.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.71%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 24 (100%)
Europe: 6 (25%)
Asia: 18 (75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,642 (100%)
English only: 1,587 (96.65%)
Language other than English: 55 (3.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 12 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,690 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,553% (91.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (1.07%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 79 (4.67%)
English: 219 (12.96%)
French (except Basque): 62 (3.67%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 291 (17.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.77%)
Irish: 122 (7.22%)
Italian: 176 (10.41%)
Lithuanian: 52 (3.08%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 77 (4.56%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (1.66%)
Scottish: 46 (2.72%)
Slovak: 25 (1.48%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 41 (2.43%)
Swiss: 6 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.36%)
United States or American: 133 (7.87%)
Welsh: 19 (1.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 132 (7.81%)

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